Reducing the digestion of digestible carbohydrates in a digestible
carbohydrate-based material, and reducing the absorption of the digestion
product(s) of digestible carbohydrates (that is, simple sugars) within
the small intestine. The undigested digestible carbohydrate and the
unabsorbed digestion products pass through the small intestines and into
the colon, where they are fermented. In effect, the food materials made
by practicing the present invention cause a controlled amount of
digestible carbohydrate to by-pass the small intestine, resulting in the
fermentation of digestible carbohydrates in the colon. The invention also
provides for processing of a digestible carbohydrate-based ingredient
with a non-digestible food film material, to form a reduced digestible
carbohydrate food having a protective food film network, which can
inhibit or prevent digestion of the digestible carbohydrate. The present
invention also provides for processing of a digestible carbohydrate-based
ingredient with a non-digestible food film material, to provide a
resulting reduced digestible carbohydrate food containing a
viscosity-building component that contributes to the formation of a
viscous intestinal chyme that can inhibit or prevent digestion of the
digestible carbohydrate and can inhibit adsorption of digestion products
of digestible carbohydrates in the small intestine.
